Jigsaw - youngballymun

Jigsaw youngballymun is a new approach to supporting young people’s mental health through re-engineering existing systems of supports and services to more adequately meet their needs. The initiative seeks to achieve integration of supports for young people through strengthening the local community’s capacity to support young people.  

Jigsaw youngballymun was developed in partnership with Headstrong, the National Centre for Youth Mental Health - www.headstrong.ie

The work of Jigsaw youngballymun maps onto the varying levels of mental health and wellbeing needs among young people in Ballymun: 

All young people

In developing Jigsaw youngballymun it was recognized that there was a unique opportunity to embrace a universal approach to the promotion of mental health among young people in Ballymun. A number of programmes comprise this strand - read more about

Young people 'at risk'

Jigsaw youngballymun is committed to making youth mental health supports and services more flexible and accessible.  The Jigsaw in the Reco initiative invovles counselling and mental health services offering therapeutic sessions to young people in the youth friends space of The Reco - read more about